Author: Danny Tan

The Chery Omoda E5 has been launched in Thailand, where it is called the Omoda C5 EV. Officially, there are no Chery-branded cars in the Land of Smiles, so the electric-powered SUV is simply an […]

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Petronas has launched its first brand licensing initiative in partnership with SIM Distribuidora, which will operate three pilot fuel retail stations in Brazil. Strategically positioned in key urban locations, the three Petronas fuel retail stations […]

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A brave move that few saw coming. We’re not talking about AUKUS or Europe, but an ASEAN country ‘standing up’ to our region’s superpower and biggest trade partner – China. Over the weekend, news surfaced […]

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Finally, the Chery Tiggo 7 Pro is officially launched in Malaysia. We’ve showed you the C-segment SUV rival to the Proton X70 in full more than once now, but there was a missing jigsaw piece – the price. So, here you go – available in a single CKD locally assembled […]

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Click to enlarge The Grand Saga Highway is very congested during rush hours, but here’s something that could hopefully help ease the jam. The highway operator has launched a new tidal flow system for weekday […]

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JPJ has announced that BRY and JXE are the next number plate series to go up for bidding on its online auction platform, JPJ eBid. Selangor’s latest running number series is ‘BRY’, and it will […]

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Ravers, going to Refresh headlined by Alok at Sunway Lagoon tomorrow? The party will also see top local DJs like Wukong, Blink featuring Glenn and Victoria, Mr Yang, MJ and Ashley Lau at Sunway Lagoon’s […]

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Not many of us drive diesel-powered vehicles, certainly not as many who use RON 95. But what everyone fears is the increase of prices for daily goods and services, using the just-announced removal of blanket […]

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Tesla shareholders have voted to ratify CEO Elon Musk’s mega 2018 pay package, which is said to be worth $56 billion (RM267 billion). It comes after Tesla board chair Robyn Denholm said that the Musk […]

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The Chery Omoda 5 rear axle case is closed, according to the customer whose car suffered a malfunction, and which case went viral. “I would like to share that Chery Malaysia and I have resolved […]

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